CHELYABINSK METEOR WAS REALLY AN AMERICAN WEAPONS TEST -- At least according to one Russian politician, as reported at Russia Today: US tested new weapon, no meteor in Chelyabinsk – Russian LibDem leader. Astronomy Picture of the Day has a good video of the meteor. LEAVING THE HATE CHURCH -- Two granddaughters of Fred Phelps---pastor of the heretical "God Hates …
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Around the web 2/10/2013
THE "NOT SCIENCE FRIDAY" SHOW -- From Christianity Today: Creationist Pastor Loses to NPR over 'Science Friday' Radio Show. Apparently the name of the radio program---Real Science Friday---was too close to NPR's Science Friday program. It is now Real Science Radio. THE LAW OF SUPERPOSITION IS WRONG? -- At least according to the above mentioned radio …
Around the web 12/3/2013
UNIVERSITY THOUGHT POLICE AT WORK AGAIN -- University of Michigan Kicks Christian Club off Campus because they require leaders to be Christians. This should be a no-brainer. Of course a Christian group on campus should have Christian leaders; this would be discriminatory only if the same rule were not applied to other groups. A Muslim group should be allowed …
Around the web 1/26/2013
GENESIS 1:1 IN KLINGON -- Creationism.com has Genesis 1:1 in Klingon. I guess that might come in handy if a Klingon shows up at the next Answers in Genesis conference. For those of us who don't know the Klingon alphabet, there is an English transliteration. Oh my, there are links to the Klingon Bible -- …
Around the web 1/19/2013
THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION WAS/IS A DISASTER -- Broken families, sexually-transmitted diseases, abortions. So says writer A.N. Wilson (who speaks from experience) at Mail Online: I’ve lived through the greatest revolution in sexual mores in our history. The damage it’s done appals me. I made myself and dozens of people extremely unhappy — including, of course, my children …
Around the web 1/12/2013
THOU SHALT COMMIT ADULTERY -- Parchment & Pen Blog has Bible translation bloopers and typos throughout the ages. An example: “Wife-Beaters’ Bible” (Matthew’s Bible, 1537): A footnote to I Peter 3:7 is rendered “And if she be not obedient and healpeful unto him, endevoureth to beat the fear of God into her head, that thereby …
Around the web 1/5/2013
EARTH IS JUST ONE PLANET OUT OF 100 BILLION -- From Astrobiology.com: 100 Billion Planets May Populate the Galaxy. Not only could there be 1011 planets in the Milky Way galaxy alone, there are an estimated 1021 stars in the universe. This seems to make Earth, and the humans who inhabit it, seem rather insignificant. But consider this quote …
Around the web 12/15/2012
THE QUEEN JAMES BIBLE -- Sadly, I am not kidding. The Queen James Bible is a Bible for Gays, re-"translated" to make "homophobic" interpretations impossible. Read more about it at First Things. HT: Internet Monk. WWJF (WHAT WOULD JESUS FLY?) -- Christianity Today reports that "David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Ministries (popularly known as Winners' Chapel) in Lagos, Nigeria's …
Around the web — 12/8/2012
UNICORNS REALLY EXIST! -- So say North Korean scientists -- see Unicorns’ Existence Proven at Time.com. Perhaps it is time for ICR, AiG, and CMI to subcontract the search for mokele-mbembe to the North Koreans. I'm not quite ready, however, to revise my post of a few years ago on Unicorns in the Bible, in which I respond to skeptics who say …
Around the web 12/1/2012
NUKE THE MOON!!!! -- U.S. had plans to nuke the moon -- The U.S. Government really wanted to explode a nuclear weapon on the moon in the late 1950s, sort of as a macho "We're better than the Soviets" thing. One of the researchers on this project was a graduate student named Carl Sagan. BIG NEWS …
Around the web 11/24/2012
U.S. set for fracking bonanza -- Zillions of barrels of oil, Bazillions of cubic feet of natural gas. The U.S. could pass Saudi Arabia in petroleum production. Good for the U.S. economy. Good for national security. Good for the Earth? Is two out of three good enough? Scientists 'undiscover' South Pacific island -- "An international …
Around the Web 9/30/2012
The best ever reply to Ken Ham -- Answers in Genesis president Ken Ham wrote "Peter Enns Wants Children to Reject Genesis: (Enns is an Evangelical Old Testament scholar who advocates a figurative Adam and Eve). Peter Enns replied with "Ken Ham Clubs Baby Seals." I don't agree with either of these guys in regards to …
Around the web 9/23/2012
Dr. Pepper boycott -- Apparently, there are young-Earth creationists who want us to boycott the soft drink Dr. Pepper because of its recent "Evolution of flavor" ad: At least that is what the news articles want us to believe. There have been plenty of comments on Facebook and blogs from the rank-and-file YECs, but I …
Around the web — 5/31/2012
Another rapture prediction! -- Hal Lindsey was wrong (The Late Great Planet Earth). Edgar Whisenant was wrong (88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988), Harold Camping was wrong (his well-publicized prediction of the rapture in 2011). Don't worry, however, because the Bible tells us that the rapture will really be in 2014 or 2015. …
Around the Web — 5/19/2012
Mitt Romney's Environmental Platform -- Ummm, Mitt Romney doesn't seem to have an environmental platform. The menu at mittromney.com doesn't have "Environment" as an option. There isn't anything substantial about the environment that I could find on the site. I am a conservative, and will vote for Romney in November. But why can't we have …
Around the web 5/12/2012
YEC and Dispensationalism -- The discussion on my 1000th post has been interesting: the relationship between young-Earth creationism and dispensationalism. Dispensationalism is the theological system that divides salvation history into "dispensations" or periods of time in which God relates to humans in distinct ways. Usually, the last dispensation---that is, the End Times---is just around the …
Around the web 12/30/2010
Eurypterids in the petting zoo? -- Eurypterids---the giant, scorpion-like arthropods of Ordovician to Devonian seas and lakes---may not have been the terrors of the waters that most have assumed. From FoxNews: Ancient 8-Foot Sea Scorpions Probably Were Pussycats. Some may have been vegetarians or scavengers, though the researchers acknowledge that species other than the ones …
Around the web 12/3/2010
A few items of interest (to me at least): Ark Encounter -- Answers in Genesis is planning a $150 million Noah's Ark tourist attraction in northern Kentucky, complete with a full-scale Noah's Ark. Local businesses and politicians (the governor of Kentucky was at the announcement) will love this, as it will likely bring in a …
Around the web — 1/26/10
I've been putting in a lot of hours, which has been a very good thing following a long period of unemployment. One down side has been having very little time for The GeoChristian. Archaeology: What an Ancient Hebrew Note Might Mean (Christianity Today) -- Skeptics of the historical reliability of the Old Testament have long …
Around the web — 11/17/09
Sarah Palin --- I am a conservative and Republican, but I am no fan of Sarah Palin. I groaned when McCain selected her for his running mate, as it completely took away the "experience" argument against Obama. Rod Dreher (Crunchy Con) has a good review of Going Rogue. Senators as cartographers --- National Geographic has …
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